Medical scalpel
US6554840B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F9/0133
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to a medical scalpel for incising a spherical biological tissue comprising a shank and a planar blade portion integrated with the shank. The planar blade portion has a first face and a second face opposed in parallel as a whole with each other. The planar blade portion has a pointed end to thereby show a reverse-V profile and has, on both sides of such pointed end, an edge in parallel as a whole with the first face and the second face, the blade portion being formed so as to have a ratio of the partial thickness thereof on one side of a virtual flat plane surrounded by said edge to the total thickness thereof within a range of from 75 to 93%.
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